The Apples of New York. 



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A Russian apple below medium size, yellow, striped with 

 crimson, sprightly acid, suitable for culinary use in July, ripe 

 in August. The tree is very hardy, very upright, deep rooted, 

 comes into bearing young and yields full crops biennially or 

 sometimes annually. Desirable for planting in regions where 

 superior hardiness is particularly desired. It is but little earlier 

 than Yellow Transparent Avhich is superior to it in size and 

 dessert qualities. There is a limited demand for the fruit in 

 some local and special markets. 



Historical. Tetofsky is one of the pioneers of the Russian varieties in 

 this country having been imported by the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety from the London, England, Horticultural Society about 1835 (28). 

 Manning (2) described it as early as 1841 as a new fruit of value. It has 

 been widely disseminated particularly in regions where its superior hardiness 

 renders it peculiarly valuable. It has never been commonly grown in New 

 York state and is now seldom planted here. 



Tree. 



Tree medium size to dwarfish, moderately vigorous, deep rooted with 

 moderately stout branches filled with small spurs. Form very erect, rather 

 dense. Twigs short, straight, moderately stout; internodes short. Bark 

 dull brown with tinge of red, lightly coated with gray scarf-skin, slightly 

 pubescent. Lenticels scattering, small, oblong, not raised. Buds small, 

 plump, obtuse, free, slightly pubescent. 



Fruit. 



Fruit medium to rather small but usually below medium; uniform in size 

 and fairly uniform in shape. Form oblate or roundish, a little inclined to 

 conic, pretty regular. Stem medium in length, rather slender. Cavity obtuse, 

 medium to rather deep, moderately broad, usually symmetrical, gently fur- 

 rowed. Calyx rather large, closed ; lobes long, moderately broad. Basin 

 shallow, medium in width, furrowed and wrinkled. 



Skin moderately thick, somewhat tough, smooth, waxy, greenish-yellow, 

 more or less striped and splashed with rather attractive bright red, over- 

 spread with very faint bloom. Many specimens have little or no red. Dots 

 inconspicuous, pale or greenish, submerged. 



Calyx tube long, wide, funnel-shape with broad cylinder varying to nearly 

 urn-shape. Stamens median to nearly marginal. 



Core large, axile or somewhat abaxile ; cells open ; core lines clasping. 

 Carpels broadly roundish, concave. Seeds medium size, short, moderately 

 plump, somewhat obtuse. 



Flesh white, firm, a little coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, slightly 

 aromatic, subacid, fair to good. 



Season late July to early September. 



